All Entries Tagged With: "Local Races"
Selley: City Has Spoken, And It Is Angry
The National Post’s Chris Selley offers his take on the Toronto election results and what politicans should take from them: “Whatever happens over the next four years, this election sent a hugely important message to Canadian politicians: Ignore voter anger at your peril. If you think voters shouldn’t be angry, make your case early and [...]
Mayor-Elect Ford, Meet Your Fresh-Faced Council
The wave of change did not stop at the mayor’s chair last night, as a full six incumbent councillors went down to defeat last night, putting a total of 14 new faces on council: “It is this council that will have to deal with the extraordinary Mr. Ford, who not only comes with an aggressive [...]
NP Election Panel: Forget About The Mayor’s Chair
The Post’s municipal election panel turns their attention away from the mayoral horserace to look at some of the more interesting local races: Furey on Ward 19 There is no greater symbol of clannish politics than the Layton cabal’s attempts to stranglehold municipal politics. We see this in Jack’s unashamed history of consistently running for [...]
Torontoist: Twelve Wards That Could Reshape Council, And Our Picks For The Best Candidate In Each
Online magazine Torontoist offers their picks for council in some of the hotly contested ward races across the city: Ward 29: Mary Fragedakis “Despite her slew of NDP endorsements, Fragedakis sounds a lot like her opponents on the major issues facing the ward and city at large. However, she is more nuanced than her opponents [...]
Toronto Editorial: Change At City Hall Is Possible
The Toronto Sun editorial board encourages voters to support candidates for council who share their views on spending and taxes: “While the mayor leads council, when it comes to the actual voting, he’s just one voice of 45. So, how did you like those other 44 votes, collectively, for the past two terms and seven [...]
Granatstein: Toronto Council Needs Fresh Faces
The Sun’s Rob Granatstein offers his choices for council, in the hopes that a fresh crop of candidates can bring change to City Hall: * In Ward 29 Toronto Danforth, Jennifer Wood is trying to fill the big shoes left by Case Ootes. Wood, a lawyer at RBC, has proposed a number of solid ideas, [...]
Bid To Unseat Sandra Bussin Gains Steam
With candidate Bruce Baker bowing out and supporting Mary-Margaret McMahon, incumbent Sandra Bussin is fighting for her political life: “Strategic voting has taken hold in the campaign like no other council race in the city as an anti-Bussin movement continues to galvanize around McMahon, who has emerged in recent weeks as the perceived front-runner and [...]
Toronto Community News Makes Picks For Council
The Editorial Board of Toronto Community News has made their choices for the local races and offer their picks in the various publications: Ward 4: It is The Guardian’s experience that in this Etobicoke Centre ward, constituents are looking for a change. They want and deserve a candidate who listens, communicates regularly and is active [...]
Ford Slow To Share Results Of Controversial Survey
The Globe and Mail checks in on the surveys the Rob Ford campaign had sent to all local candidates,which they pledged to offer to the public: “Mr. Ford was accused of trying to start an informal party back in September when he distributed a questionnaire asking council candidates where they stood on five of the [...]
A Ford Family Affair In Etobicoke North
Ward 2 candidate Doug Ford is profiled in the National Post , where Ford is in a tough race to succeed hos brother, mayoral candidate Rob Ford: “His ideas for the city are on the small and the grand scale. He wants high schools in Etobicoke to stay open late so teens have a safe [...]
Gee: The People Who Can Bring Real Change To Toronto
The Globe’s Marcus Gee offers his thoughts on the local councillor races and which candidates he thinks should be elected on Monday: “Another man to watch is Neethan Shan in Ward 42 Scarborough-Rouge River. He is up against Raymond Cho, who has been in local politics since 1991 and is well past his best-before date. [...]
Torontoist: Being Strategic and Voting
Torontoist guest columnist Franz Hartmann discusses the concept of strategic voting and offers that there are better uses of your time if you care about the environment: “For those who care about building a green Toronto, here is a quick reality check about strategic voting: stop agonizing about which mayoral candidate to vote for. Instead, [...]
Open Wards A Source Of New Blood
The Toronto Sun reports on the new faces that will inevitably arrive at Toronto City Hall to replace crop of long-serving councillors that have decided to retire: Pantalone has anointed a successor — federal NDP Leader Jack Layton’s son Mike Layton — but it’s no certainty the former’s popularity in the area is rubbing off [...]
Election Wars In East Toronto
The Toronto Sun offers some space to the hotly contested races in Scarborough, specifically the rematch in Ward 35 between councillor Adrian Heaps and runner up Michelle Berardinetti: “Berardinetti says there’s no doubt spending — and the way council has conducted itself — are hot button issues in the ward. “There’s a feeling of waste [...]
Nickle: Is Strategic Withdrawal A Factor In Municipal Races?
Columnist David Nickle wonders if the spate of withdrawls seen recently is a deliberate tactic: “All candidates are operating under the same principle, however – gaming the electoral system to ensure that voters wanting to vote against a particular incumbent or candidate have a single place to park their votes. Scarborough councillor Brian Ashton is [...]
Why Beaches-East York Is A Race To Watch
The Toronto Star looks at the race in Ward 32 which threatens to topple long-time councillor Sandra Bussin and why it is an important local race in this year’s election: “Bussin, who has held the ward since 1997 and won the last election with nearly 70 per cent of the vote, has taken a lot [...]
Levy Makes Her Selections
Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy offers her choices in a number of local races across Toronto: “Ward 9, York Centre: After taking her sweet time to return from Italy following the Sunrise Propane explosion in 2008 and cozying up to David Miller for the past seven years, 25-year councillor Maria Augimeri has overstayed her welcome. Despite [...]
